L.I. baseball coach settles age discrimination suit against district for $24,000

A baseball coach who was fired after 44 years on the job has settled his age discrimination suit against his former employers for a sum total of $24,000, slightly more than $500 per year he spent on the job.

Former longtime Garden City baseball coach Rich Smith agreed to drop his federal age-discrimination lawsuit against the school district in exchange for $24,000, according to the settlement agreement obtained by Newsday https://t.co/4s3u3quNvopic.twitter.com/pAyyFaXKFz